This county is very good at predicting elections

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Hayward, Wisconsin (CNN)Up in the Northwoods region of Wisconsin is a county whose voters are remarkably good at picking presidents.

In every general election since 1964, the people of this rural, wooded area have voted for the candidate who won the national election. Too bad about Nixon in 1960.

The voters in Hayward, the county seat, seemed unaware -- surprised, even -- of their own predictive powers.

"When I heard that we had predicted the outcome since 1964, I was actually amazed," said Dayle Quigley, a physician who lives in Hayward. "I would not necessarily call us a microcosm of the United States."

Indeed, the latest census estimates list Sawyer County as 77% white.

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But despite their past streak of predicting general election victors, they are split ahead of Tuesday's primary elections.

"If I were going to be one of those pure ideology people just vote my conscience, of course I'd vote for Bernie Sanders," said Nancy McDowell, a 68-year-old professor from Winter, Wisconsin. "But Bernie Sanders, even if he became president, I don't think would accomplish very much."

So she's voting for Hillary Clinton.

Elizabeth Riley, a local nurse who is running for state assembly, said she's tired of settling and, unlike McDowell, will vote her conscience.

"Many people, and I'm one of them, have felt as though our leaders don't listen to us," Riley said. "And I think for a lot of years, those of us who tend to vote Democrat have made a decision to vote for the lesser of two evils."

So she's voting for Sanders.

Donald Trump will be the first candidate this cycle to travel to Northern Wisconsin, holding a rally Monday in the state's northernmost city, Superior.